Wagon-body.



1. MORRISON.

WAGON BODY. APPLICATION FILED AUG.6,'!9I5.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

WITNESSES IMVENTOR.

BX WW A TTORNEYJ rm: COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

U a sra'rns PATEN can JAMES MORRISON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR- TO THE HIGHLAND BODY MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF ELMWOOD'PLACE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WAGON-BODY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

Application filed August 6, 1915. Serial No. 43,926.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MORRISON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Bodies, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to wagon bodies, particularly for automobiles. In such structures it is desirable to combine durability and strength with ease of erection and simplicity and inexpensiveness of parts, and it is the object of my invention to provide a body and top,-and certain special irons for supporting the flare board and top of the body which have the elements above set forth as desirable.

It is my object to make the top-easily removable and to so combine the irons for flare board and top that they may be assembled easily and secured with one set of bolts.

These objects I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more specifically pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective 7 view of the body and top. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the flare board iron.- Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof, taken from the inside of the wagon body. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the flare board and top irons assembled. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a cross section on the line 6, 6, of Fig. 4.

The body has a bed 1, to which is hinged at the back a tail gate 2. The body is extended outwardly at 3 at each side of the rear of the bed, and strut irons 4, 4, are provided, having screwthreaded ends 5, with bolts being also passed through the side boards of the wagon and through the strut irons (at the rear).

The flare board irons are ofiset at 12 so as to rest on the top of the sides, and extend outwardly from the offsets at 13 so asto support the flare boards 14, at the ,proper angle. Bolts 14 are employed to secure the flare boards against these ends 13 of the irons.' It will be understood that there are four of these irons and two have right hand and two left hand offsets.

At the rear along the flat ends 7 of the struts are placed the plates 15, which have staples 16 for securing the tail board chain 17. ,These plates have flanges 18 so as to seat over the lower portion of the flat ends 7 of the struts but lie flush with them at their upper end. The securing bolts 11 for the struts and flare board irons also pass through these plates, so that but two bolts are required to hold all three irons.

As so far described, there has been no mention of the top or the means for mounting the same. It can be seen that a wagon body without a top has now been described complete, however, and'my new body can be used in this way without the top. Moreover the top can'be attached without employing any further bolts, the bolts 11 and 14 being long enough. to secure the irons for the top, and the top irons can be mounted without changing or dismounting the parts now described as-forming up a topless body. 1

.The top 20 having the four side standards 21, may be of any design desired, but it is preferred to employ the standard canopy top. Theside standards are braced and held to the wagon body both on the inside and the outside of the wagon. For the inside, irons 22 are provided which lie along the inside of the standards and are bent at 23 to lie along the flare boards. For the outside, irons 24 are provided, to lie along the outside of the standards. The securing bolts 25 pass through both the inside and the outside braces, and firmly hold the irons to the standards. The outside iron bends at 26 along the under side of the end 13 of the flareboard iron, and it is channeled so as to seat over this iron. Here again, the bolts 14 for the flare board iron pass through the. inner standard iron, the flare board and its iron and the outside iron. The outside iron depends at 27 at an angle downwardly from the bend at 26, and lies along the side boards of the wagon at the ,front where it is'in a position to receive the upper securing bolt 11 of the flare board iron. At the rear this depending portion is channeled to seat over the top of the plate for the chain staple, where it will also receive the end of the upper securin bolt 11;.

It is readily seen that to put up the top it is only necessary to take the nuts" ofl of the ends of the various boltsnow described, and slip the irons for the standard of the top in place over the ends of the bolts,

properly seating the channels in the case of the" out-slde irons. This operation is aneasy one and'can be done readily by two men,

who do not need to be skilled to accomplish it.

The omission of mention of equivalent structures in my invention is not desired to limit the claims that follow to the exact form and structure described, when the claims do not call for it specifically.

Having thus described my nvention, what I claim as new and desireto secureby Letters Patent, is z 1. In a wagon body comprising: a bed,

sides and flare boards, securing irons to engage the sides, with oflsets to fit over the top of the sidesa'nd flaring portions to engage the flare boards, top standards and inner and outer irons to hold the standards with the lower ends of these irons bent to gage the sides with offsets to 'fit-over the top of the sides and flaring portions toe'ngagexthe, flare boards, top standards and inner and outer irons to hold the standards with thelower ends of these ironsbent to engage the flare boards, one set also bent to engage the sides, and bolts common to both thefinner and outer irons and the flare of thesecuring irons to securethe parts-tog'ether. I I 1 in combination with In a wagon body, a'bed, andsides for the same, a flare b'oard,

an iron for securing the same, said iron secured-to the wagon-side, an upper portion 7 'bent'to engage thetop of the side,and-a saidparts comprising irons to engage such' standard on two s1des,'one ofsaid wirons bemg'bent to he alongthe flare board and flaring portion extending from said bent portion formo-unting the flare board, and means for securing'a top standar'd to' the pose described.

gage' the flare her and outer =ironsto hold-the standards with the-lower ends of these irons bent to the other to lie along the flaring portion of the flare board iron, for the purpose described.

4'. In a wagon body, in combination with v a bed, and sides for the same, a flare board,

an iron for securing the same, said iron se cured to' the wagon side, an upper portion bent toengage the top of the side, and a flaring portion extending from said bent portion for mounting the flare board, and means. for securing a top standard to the said parts comprising irons to engage such standard. on'two sides, one of said irons being bent tolie along the flare board and the other to lie along the flaring portionof the flare board iron, and being channeled to engageover said flare board iron, for'the pur- 5. In a wagonjbody, in combination with a bed, and sides for the same, a flare'board,

an iron for securing the same, said iron secured to the wagon side," an upper portion bent to engage the top of the side, and a portion for mounting the flare board, and means for securing a top standard to the said parts comprising irons to engage such standard on two sides, the inner one of said irons being bent to lie along the flare board and the outer one to lie along the flaring portion of the flare board iron, a strut iron secured to the wagon side opposite the flare board iron, and an extension on the outer flaring portion extending from said bent top iron to engage over said strut iron, for i the purpose described. I 6. In a wagon body, in combination with a bed, and sides for the same, a flareboard,

an iron for securing the same, said iron'secured to the wagon side, an upper portion bent to engage the top of the side, and a flaring portion extending from said bent portion for mounting the flare board, and

means for securing a top standard to, the

saidparts'comprising irons'toi'engage such standard on two sides, the inner one ofsaid irons being bent to lie along the flare board and-the outer one to lie along-the flaring portion of the flare board iron, and extended downwardly to lie along "the side board opposite'the flare board iron, for the purpose described.

In a wagon body comprising a "bed, sides'and flare boards, securing irons toengage the sides with flaringportions to enboards, top standards and inengage over the flare boards, one. set also bent toengage the sides,- and bolts'common to both the securing irons and "standard irons to secure the parts together.

8. In a wagon body, in combination with y a bed,'and sides for the same, a flare board, an 1I'OI1IEOI'"SeC11I1I1g the same, SQJd'lIOIlSB- cured to the wagon slde, a flaring portion extending from said iron for mounting the flare board, and means for securing a top standard to the said parts comprising irons to engage such standard on two sides, said irons being bent the one to lie along the flare board and the other to lie along the flaring portion of the flare board iron, for the purpose described.

9. In a wagon body, in combination with a bed, sides'and a flare board therefor, irons 10 secured to the sides, means on said irons for mounting the flare board, top standards, and irons for the top standards, and means whereby said flare board mounting means secures the standard irons removably along 15 the flare board.

JAMES MORRISON.

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